#BEBE3E#BEBE3E

#BEBE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.146 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBE3E
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 62)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 67.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, -15.51, 61.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 63.54, 104.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.0485 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.146 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5195, 48.1230, 11.7107)
Luminance	0.4812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBE3E #3E3EBE

analogous

#BE7E3E #BEBE3E #7EBE3E

triadic

#BEBE3E #3EBEBE #BE3EBE

tetradic

#BEBE3E #3EBE7E #3E3EBE #BE3E7E

square

#BEBE3E #3EBE7E #3E3EBE #BE3E7E

split-complementary

#BEBE3E #3E7EBE #7E3EBE

monochromatic

#626220 #90902F #BEBE3E #CFCF6B #DEDE99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BEBE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BEBE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBE3E

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBE3E	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebe3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.146 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d17b',
    500: '#bebe3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebe3e;
$custom-light: #d5d17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebe3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77831,
    "c": 0.14622,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBE3E

secondary

#8E8EC9

accent

#4EDA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBE3E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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